The Pagosa Weather Team had a great time marching in the Pagosa Springs 4th of July Parade! We’re very thankful to our Storm Sponsor, The Springs Resort for providing us with “stress” lightning bolts to hand out to folks in the crowd. (Pictured: Mascot Tommy, Family members Stephen & Heather, Shawn, board member Connie, Arleen. Mark is just to the left handing out swag.) Photo Credit: Bob Haggerty
Big Thank You Waves, Parade, Presentations, CoCoRaHS, & Contest Updates
Personal Donations
Special waves to Stephanie Wilson, Bill Woods, and Lisa & Joe Tedder who made a generous donations in June.
What your donation goes towards…
Your donations will help us take care of the costs of the web page, weather subscriptions and other business expenses. Most importantly it will ensure that we will be able to provide this free service for everyone for years to come. Remember, each donor will receive a Pagosa Weather Snow Depth Measurer (yardstick).
How to Donate
Desktop: Click on gold “Support Pagosa Weather” in upper right-hand column. You can choose to donate by PayPal (Send), or you can select Square to donate with a credit card.
Smart Phone: Select upper right hand menu icon (=). Scroll down to “About Us”, down menu to “Support Pagosa Weather” or find it in the grey area at bottom of page. You can choose to donate by PayPal (Send), or you can select Square to donate with a credit card.
Donate by Check: Make the check payable to: Pagosa Weather. Mail to: Pagosa Weather, 135-F Country Center Dr. #142, Pagosa Springs CO 81147
You can pick up your Pagosa Weather Snow Depth Measurer (yardstick) at San Juan Mercantile.
San Juan Mercantile is a fun store with a wide variety of items. Antiques and Collectibles, tons of Jewelry, Gifts, Handmade Treasures, Knives, Candles, Housewares, Fine Linens, Local Honey, Souvenirs, and Locally made items. It is at 523 San Juan Street, next to the Barber Shop, across the street from Plaza Liquor. Thank you, Cindy and her team for being our store front!
Mark, Shawn and I have been truly touched by the support our followers have shown for us!
Sponsors
We LOVE our Sponsors! They just amaze us with their support!
Blizzard Level
Ski & Bow Rack
Snowman Level
Alley House Grille
Terry’s Ace Hardware
Snowball Level
Dr. Leo Milner, Chiropractor
Peggy Andrews, Independent Real Estate Broker
Dr. Thompson, Elk Park Animal Hospital
Rosie’s Pizzeria
Wilderness Journeys, Pagosa Inc & A1 Taxi
Our Storm Sponsor
The Springs Resort
Presentations


CoCoRaHS
Pagosa Weather is now the “CoCoRaHS Coordinator” for Archuleta County and is also a “Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador”.
We welcomed Hillary Fredrickson, Suanne Mclellan, Frank Snyder, and Jerry Kmack as new CoCoRaHS weather observers in the last month!!! Huge thanks to these folks who will be adding their data every day to the database and help hydrologists as they make key decisions during the drought. Thank you so much, Hillary, Suanne, Frank, and Jerry for your efforts to help us out!
Special thanks to Dana, a CoCoRaHS observer who reached out to us with questions regarding her reports. We’re now getting some very valuable data from a data sparse area. Thank you, Dana!
Contest Updates
Special Thanks to all the businesses that have stepped forward to sponsor our weather contests. They are a lot of fun!
The winner of the Choke Cherry Tree gift basket was Roxanna Wise who had a guess of May 14th 1:40 a.m for the last hard freeze. The last hard freeze occurred the 13th of May at 0620L with a temperature of 25 degrees. Though colder temperatures occurred in other locations around the county after that, May 13th was the latest occurrence of 28 degrees or colder at Stevens Field. Again, special thanks to Jenelle, Patty, and the entire Choke Cherry Tree team for sponsoring this contest and to everyone that participated.
Upcoming Contests
First Inch of Snow | Aug 15, 2022 | Chow Down Pet Supply |
Color Fest Related | Sep 1, 2022 | The Springs Resort |
First 2 feet of Snow | Oct 15, 2022 | Lynn Guthrie, Hair Stylist |
Wolf Creek Season Snow | Nov 1, 2022 | Ski & Bow Rack |
Contest Update… Contest; Forecast the amount of measured rain that Pagosa Springs will receive during the three months of monsoon season from July through September. We’ve already had a few inches of monsoon moisture in June but the contest amount started adding up a few days ago! The person with the closest guess will win a $50 gift certificate for SKI & BOW RACK!!! In addition, Ski & Bow Rack has offered HATS for the next closest guesses! This contest is closed for new guesses.
Huge thanks to Brittany, Robert, and their entire team for their support!

Jeff Witten: 2.325”
Roberta DeMarco: 3.12″
Thomas Isenberg: 3.43
Penny Kipley: 3.66”
Leesa Adams: 3.83 inches
Jan Harms: 4 inches
Venita Durrer: 4.1”
Greg: 4.2 inches
Rocky Mtn Balloon Adv: 4.56
Kelly Cusack: 4.77 inches
Dave Stimpson: 5.21 inches
Cindi Galabota: 5.3 inches
Donna Marsh: 5.44 inches
Karen Kurio: 5.512 inches
Suzanne Shogren Coe: 5.63 inches
Rick Holter: 5.83”
Janice Roedel: 5.96
Musetta Wollenweber 6.05
Sandra Meyn Thoma 6.28 inches
Lorren Dawes 6.45 inches
Bob Ashmore: 6.66 inches
Keena Carstensen: 6.75”
Rob Barlow: 7.0625”
Jim Laffey: 7.2″
Susan Zoerb: 7.22 inches
Jeff Bohrer 7.23
Cheri Maxwell: 7.24 inches
Corey Shult 8.2
Phil Slusher: 9.67 inches
Dee Halley: 10.75 inches
Carol Ann Peterson 11.51 inches
Carol Myerscough-Schilf: 12.05
Casey Fisher: 13.75 inches
Simmie E. Rose: 17.5 inches
Contest Update: The contest: Forecast the highest elevation above ground level that Austin will get his balloon up to this summer to the nearest 10s of feet. The person with the closest guess will win a $50 gift certificate towards a ride in a Rocky Mountain Balloon. This contest is closed for new guesses.
Huge thanks to Austin and his team for their support.

Ed Hensle – 1,760 agl
Louanne Knowles Burgess – 1,790 ft agl
Jan Roedel – 1,850 ft high
Kimberly Jean White – 1,960 ft
Patrick Keebey – 1,980 feet agl
Phil Slusher – 2,120 feet agl
Sheila Soares – 2,760 feet agl
Casey Fisher – 2,870 ft above ground level
Simmie E. Rose – 2,880 above ground level
Sarah Fisher – 2,990 above ground level
Dave Stimpson – 3,160 feet above the ground.
Erin Jeziorski – 3,730 above ground level